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Jessi: Top 25 French Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 3: Where do you live? in French In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for French learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.

In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question Where do you live? In French this is

Ingrid: Où habitez-vous?

The first word in the question is

Ingrid: Où

Jessi: meaning Where in English.

Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) Où

Jessi: Listen again and repeat.

Ingrid: Où

{Pause}

Jessi: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is

Ingrid: habitez

Jessi: meaning live.

Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) habitez

Jessi: Now repeat.

Ingrid: habitez

{Pause}

Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat.

Ingrid: Où habitez

{pause}

And after that

Ingrid: vous

Jessi: meaning you.

Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) vous

Jessi: Now repeat.

Ingrid: vous

{Pause}

Listen to the entire question and repeat.

Ingrid: Où habitez vous

{pause}

Jessi: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Where do you live??

Ingrid: J'habite à New-York

Jessi: "I live in New York.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase.

Ingrid: (Slow) J'habite à New-York

{pause}

Où

adverb

n/a

Jessi: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word:

Ingrid: J'

Jessi: which is the contracted version of the word for I.

Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) J'

Jessi: Now repeat

Ingrid: J'

{Pause}

Jessi: And next

Ingrid: habite

meaning live.

Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) habite

Jessi:Now repeat.

Ingrid: habite

{Pause}

Jessi: And after that

Ingrid: à

meaning something like in.

Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) à

Jessi:Now repeat.

Ingrid: à

{Pause}

Jessi: Next is

Ingrid: New-York

which is New York.

Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) New-York

Jessi:Now repeat.

Ingrid: New-York

{Pause}

Jessi: Listen to the speaker say, I live in New York., and then repeat.

Ingrid: J'habite à New-York

{pause}

Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace New York with Paris.

Ingrid: Paris

Jessi: Paris

Ingrid: (slow) Paris (regular) Paris

Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Paris

Ingrid: J'habite à Paris

Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace New York. Say I live in Paris.

{pause}

Ingrid: J'habite à Paris

Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace Paris with Londres.

Ingrid: Tokyo

Jessi: Londres

Ingrid: (slow) Tokyo (regular) Tokyo

Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Londres

Ingrid: J'habite à Tokyo

Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for Paris. Say I live in Londres.

{pause}

Ingrid: J'habite à Tokyo

Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace Londres with Moscow.

Ingrid: Moscou

Jessi: Moscow

Ingrid: (slow) Moscou (regular) Moscou

Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Moscow

Ingrid: J'habite à Moscou

Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for Londres. Say I live in Moscow.

{pause}

Ingrid: J'habite à Moscou

Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting France and someone asks where you live. You live in New York. Respond to the question.

Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? (five seconds) J'habite à New-York

Jessi: Imagine you live in Paris Respond to the question.

Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? (five seconds) J'habite à Paris

Jessi: Imagine you live in Londres. . Answer the speaker's question.

Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? (five seconds) J'habite à Tokyo

Jessi: Imagine you live in Moscow. Respond to the question.

Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? (five seconds) J'habite à Moscou

Jessi: Now you want to ask that person where they live. Ask the question

(5 seconds)

Ingrid: Où habitez-vous?

{pause}

Jessi: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself.

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Margaret Tinck

Saturday at 02:38 PM

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Sorry but I can’t get the audio and the transcript to play at the same time. What am I doing wrong?

Tried to do the survey but the keyboard did not appear so that I could not answer the questions properly🤔

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Paige

Monday at 05:47 AM

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Bonjour.

J'habite á Miami.

Mattia

Monday at 01:24 AM

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j-habite a lecco, en italie

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Bonjour Ojok et merci pour votre message.

Aimez-vous vivre à Nairobi ?

Que conseillez-vous de voir dans cette ville ?

Bonne journée et à bientôt !

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